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Thanks!  In the meantime I think I've found a cost basis for shares.  When I enter that, my deduction is reduced.  I believe that now it is saying this is a 30% donation rather than a 50% donation.  I know the residual can be carried over to 2026, do we have to itemize to get that credit in 2026?   Sadly, none of the additional information for the limitations really apply to Donor Advised Funds, so it is not that helpful.  Your explanation is and confirms I have not placed limitations.

Have you gone all the way through the CO tax return, specifically the retirement section?   On the page title Here's the income that Colorado handles differently, the first section is Retirement.  Make sure you click Start there and go through the interview questions to ensure you are receiving the exclusion on your CO tax return.     If you were at least 55 years old at the end of the year, part or all of your income from your pension, annuity, Social Security or IRA accounts that is taxable on your federal tax return may not be taxed by Colorado.   

You will have to pay the TurboTax account fees before you can print the tax return.   To pay the TurboTax online account fees by credit card, without completing the 2025 return at this time, click on Tax Tools on the left side of the online program screen. Then click on Print Center. Then click on Print, save or preview this year's return. On the next page, to pay by credit card, click Pay Now. Complete the credit card section and click on Confirm payment.

Three issues, 2 solutions.   Follow these steps for the house and land: Open to your rental summary Edit/ update Assets/ Depreciation Go to the asset summary screen Edit your house continue rental real estate, continue residential real estate, continue Describe the real estate,   enter total cost of house plus land enter cost of land continue select item was sold, new box to enter date sold, then business use continue Confirm prior depreciation continue sales information, enter house portion plus sales expenses, enter land portion with sales expenses. The roof is a separate asset so it must be entered separately. Follow these steps: Steps 1-7 same as above 8. Describe the real estate- ROOF 9. Enter the cost of the roof, continue 10 select item was sold, new box to enter date sold, then business use 11. continue 12. Confirm prior depreciation 13. continue 14. sales information price zero since it was sold with the house.   The program will separate the purchases and sales you enter to create the house, land, and roof as 3 separate entries for your taxes.

When you go to the rental income section of TurboTax the third screen - right after the screen that confirms the address of the rental property - asks "Do any of these situations apply?"  The first line is "I sold or disposed of this property in 2025".  Click the box next to this and the system will collect all of the data necessary to post the sale of your rental property into your tax return for this year.

@Opus 17 wrote: @AmeliesUncle    I am puzzled/surprised.  Section 25C says that each item of qualifying property needs its own QMID, and the QMID must be printed on the property item.  The IRS seems to have decided to identify manufacturers in general, rather than assigning a QMID to each different item the manufacturer produces     For 2025, it was scheduled to only have the 4 digit manufacturer number (probably part of some IRS "transition" guidance, but I would need to look that up).  For 2026 (before the energy credits were removed) it was scheduled to have the entire number for the specific item.

If you used the desktop version of TurboTax, your tax returns are saved to your PC and not stored on TurboTax servers like TurboTax Online returns are.   Check the links below for tips on how to find your previous year's tax file.    Did you save a PDF version of the return?    How do I find my tax data file (.tax file) on my Windows computer?      How do I find my tax data file (.tax file) in Mac?   How do I find last year's AGI?

To access your current or prior year online tax returns sign onto the TurboTax website with the User ID you used to create the account - https://myturbotax.intuit.com/ Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and on the section Your tax returns & documents.  Click on the Year and Click on Download/print return (PDF)   If you used the desktop CD/Download editions installed on your computer, the only copy of your tax data file and any PDF's will be on the computer where the return was created.  TurboTax does not store online any returns completed using the desktop editions.   Go to this IRS website for free transcripts of a federal tax return - https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript   For a fee of $30 you can get a complete federal tax return from the IRS by completing Form 4506 - http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf

I am also on the desktop version.  All it is asking me is if the student used funds to pay loan expenses, then later I can enter books/supplies from the school (required and not required). I don't see any difference from 2 weeks ago.     Is anyone else having success? It seems that we are still waiting for the Feb 27 update.

Yes, withdrawals from an IRA are taxable income.  If you had withholding, that goes on your account as a credit, but your income and taxes are calculated just one time a year on your tax return.  If you had too much withheld, you get a refund of the excess.  But income is income.   Having other taxable income can make your social security benefit partly taxable.  And taking more money from your IRA in one year compared to another year increases your income and might affect your eligibility for credit and other benefits.   I can't tell you exactly how your income would affect your spouse's PTC, but the whole PTC system was designed badly in the first place. 

@mcrutch6797 OK...I am using the 2025 Premier desktop editions for Windows.  When entering a major purchase State of Purchase box only has --Select-- and my state Georgia.   Did you enter your state sales taxes before going to major purchase?  The state where you lived and the dates you lived there?

What a royal pain in the butt - but I got it.    My problem was, I deleted the TT2024 program from my W10 computer. I still had my tax2024 file, but it would not import into 2025 on my W11 laptop. But, I was able to download last year's TT2024 program, update it, muddle through the total BS about W10 no longer being supported, then pull in last year's return.    From there, I checked status - verifying my returns last year were accepted. I then exited, following the prompt to save first. Then I copied this newly updated tax2024 file to my W11 laptop, told TT2025 to start a new return and, as before, it found the tax2024 file.  With fingers and toes crossed, I selected the tax2024 file and much to my surprise, it fully imported.    Hopefully, this will help others.